Be Inspired Blog Hop - Happy Mail

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop for June. You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the hop, you may have arrived here having just visited Janneke de Jong. If you are just joining us, grab a comfy seat and be sure to hop all the way through for amazing idea's and inspiring projects shared by the Be Inspired Design Team using this month's theme HAPPY MAIL

I have a couple of projects to share with you today, a Folder card, Pillow Box and a mini Calendar Easel Card. 

All three Happy Mail items have been created using the same products with the Bloom n Grow stamped image being the major focal point. Stampin' Blends were used to colour the images with a few highlights added using a white gel pen.

Sticking to a blue and neutral toned colour combination, I decided to use the Seaside Spray 2019 In Colour DSP, swapping the DSP patterns for each project.  Folder Cards are simple to create, eliminate the need for an envelope and is a great way to showcase all the stunning DSP's Stampin' Up! have to offer in this years Annual Catalogue.

The inside of the card contains a stamped and die cut sentiment from the Forever Lovely Stamp set along with the stamped floral cluster image from Bloom n Grow, which has been cut in half and  tucked underneath.

When I was deciding what to create for this Hop I took inspiration from an item I was given at Auckland Onstage in April. I received the most amazing swaps at this event, one that really tickled my fancy was an Easel Calendar which I have on my desk. It was made by the super talented Nicola Duffield. You can find the little tear off monthly mini calendars on ebay.

To create the next item, I used one of the Kraft Pillow Boxes as a template. Gently undo a box and trace the box onto any coloured card stock using a pencil, then using snips, cut out the traced shape. Next, place pillow box over card stock and use a scoring tool to trace over the score lines. Fold score lines and glue together.  I chose to make this one from Sahara Sand to coordinate with the Calendar and Folder Card. 

That's it from me, crafty friends. Thanks so much for stopping by today. The Be Inspired Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs today, Thank You. Up next in this months Be Inspired Blog Hop is my super talented friend and fellow Artisan Design Team member, Manuela Geiswinkler.

Participant Blog List

Louise Sharp

Tanya Rees

Janneke de Jong

Jackie Aitken - that's Me!

Manuela Geiswinkler

Carolynn Sander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Stesha Bloodhart

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty,

Be Inspired Blog Hop - Perennial Essence

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to the Be Inspired Design Team Blog Hop for May. I am so excited to be hopping with the crew this month as we have a few new Design Team members who I know are going to blow your socks off with their creations.

You are currently visiting Jackie Aitken in Western Australia. If you are following the hop, you may have arrived here having just visited Monica Gale. If you are just joining us, grab a comfy seat and be sure to hop all the way through for amazing idea's and inspiring projects shared by the Be Inspired Design Team using this month's theme ANYTHING GOES.

I was so excited to have the opportunity to create with some new item while being able to mix them with a some of my favourite retiring products. The Floral Essence stamp set (item #149450)  and Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper (item #149100) will be available from the new 2019-2020 Annual Catalogue from June 4th.

I have added a few vellum die cuts using my favourite foliage dies from Floral Frames and the copper foil die cut labels that the sentiments have been stamped onto are from the Everything is Rosy Product Medley.  Everything else that I have used to create this collection is available in the new Catalogue.

The Perennial Essence DSP is seriously gorgeous and will make stunning gift bags and decor pieces, but I found it extremely hard to cut up and then create something with it. I decided to make some frames for the two cards using the Rectangle Stitched Framelits.

The floral images from Floral Essence have been stamped in Pineapple Punch with Grapefruit Grove applied to the centre with a sponge dauber.

The leaf stamp was borrowed from the Rooted in Nature Stamp set. All images were fussy cut and applied to the card with dimensionals.

The pillow boxes (item #147018) are perfect for those little gifts that can be awkward to wrap, plus I love decorating the pillow boxes, so any excuse lol. The fern leaf tucked behind the flower is from the Daisy Lane Stamp Set (item #149325) has been stamped in Granny Apple Green and fussy cut. The sentiment has been stamped in Sahara Sand ink onto a whisper white die cut created with the Stitched Labels Framelits.

That's it from me, crafty friends. Thanks so much for stopping by today. The Be Inspired Design Team appreciate the time you have invested to visit our blogs today, Thank You. Up next in this months Be Inspired Blog Hop is super talented Cathy Caines.

Participant Blog List

Nadine Hößrich

Tanya Rees

Janneke de Jong

Monica Gale

Jackie Aitken - that's Me

Cathy Caines

Manuela Geiswinkler

Carolynn Sander

Brian King

Emma Goddard

Stesha Bloodhart

Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

You can find all the products used to create the projects in today's post in the product list below. Simply click on the images to be taken to my Online Store. Happy Shopping x

Product List

Floral Essence Photopolymer Stamp Set [149450] $30.00	Perennial Essence Designer Series Paper [149100] $20.00
Perennial Essence 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Vellum Cardstock [149101] $19.25	Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies [148551] $61.00
Stitched Labels Framelits Dies [146828] $57.00	Foliage Frame Framelits Dies [146353] $47.00
Everything Is Rosy Product Medley [150059] $139.00	Petal Pink 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Organdy Striped Ribbon [149441] $14.00
Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00
Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00
Iridescent Sequin Assortment [144212] $8.75	Twine Baker's Whisper White [124262] $5.25

Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - First Frost Stamp Set

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to October's Stamping Sunday Blog Hop. This month we are featuring the stunning First Frost Stamp Set. This was one of the first sets to hit my wish list when the Holiday Catalogue was released, I absolutely adore the water colour washed images.

For this months challenge I created a gift box and a couple of cards. All the cards have a whisper white card base. The Gift Box has a Blushing Bride base with a Whisper White Lid.

The Gift Box Lid has been stamped in Highland Heather, Soft Sea Foam, Flirty Flamingo, Blushing Bride and Melon Mambo.

The first card has panels of Soft Sea Foam, Powder Pink and Tropical Escape DSP. The images from Floral Frames have been stamped with Memento Tuxedo onto Whisper White and die cut. These have been mixed with the images from the First Frost stamp set and sentiment from Painted Glass.

The second card has a card front that uses a similar floral display as the Gift Box, stamped in similar colours just more vividly by stamping the images a few times using my Stamparatus.

The centered panel has been raised using white fun foam and then adhered to the card base with Tombow. This allows a little bit of wiggle room, as I eyeball everything when it comes to placement, and I find things with height can be deceiving when trying to get them straight.

The third card is bright and colourful one. I have a whole pack of these gorgeous Coloured Doilies that I wanted to needed to stop hoarding and start using. The inspiration for this card was the Coastal Cabana Doily. I started by cutting one in half and adding bits and pieces until I was happy. A layer of Coastal Cabana card has been used to break up the white layers and coordinate with the doily.

The sentiment from Follow Your Dreams stamp set has been adhered with foam strips for lots of height. To finish the card, a few Grapefruit Grove Faceted Dots have been added.

The last card was fairly quick and simple and probably my favourite of the four. The card front is a piece of whisper white card ripped on an angle and stamped with the sentiment from Floral Frames. A piece of Sahara Sand card was embossed with the Pinewood Planks embossing folder and adhered to the whisper white card base with Tombow.

The two flowers from First Frost stamp set were inked in Berry Burst and Melon Mambo. The rest of the images have been stamped in Soft Sea Foam and Memento Tuxedo inks. The floral elements were adhered to a banner created from Sahara Sand card with dimensionals. To finish the card some Linen Twine was added and a few Share What You Love Artisan Pearls.

The Gift Box is a fantastic size, this one holds a mini tea cup candle and its saucer with room for some choccies around the sides.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for some creative and inspiring ideas using the Stitched All Around Bundle. A participant list has been provided below, just in case there are any hiccups along the Blog Hop journey.

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Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty